The Air France-KLM Supervisory Board announced a raft of changes to its governance structure on February 19, streamlining decision making within the Franco-Dutch airline group. Part of the decision is to reappoint Pieter Elbers for another 4-year term as KLM’s…
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It is not often you see wide-spread support from the staff of an airline for its boss to keep him on his post. But exactly that’s the situation right now around KLM’s president-director Pieter Elbers. A petition to nominate Elbers…